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St Davids London
Country Wales England
Settled 500 CE 43 CE
Capital no yes
Population 1,841 8,787,892
Climate temperate maritime temperate maritime
Annual rainfall 886 mm 583.6 mm
Majority religion Christian Christian
Main shopping items
Food, household goods, souvenirs
luxury items, designer goods, souvenirs, specialty food, souvenirs
L 2 Writing - Timed Writing Test Practice25 minutes
Task 2 information transfer – Comparison Charts At the end of the exam, all exam materials must be given to the proctor. You should spend 25 minutes on this task. You should write at least 120 words to describe these two cities in the chart. You should include an introduction and at least two body paragraphs.
Look at the information in the table and fill in the gaps in the report below. Then choose the correct form
of the verb.
The chart eg.compares two 1. cities: St Davids and London. 2. Overall there are more
3. differences than 4. similarities between 5. these two places.
We can 6. see that there 7. are five 8. differences 9. between St Davids and London.
First, 10. people settled 11. in London earlier 12. than in St Davids. People 13. started living
in London 14. in 43 CE, 15. but in St Davids it 16. was 330 CE. 17.Another difference is 18.
that London is a capital 19. city, 20. whereas St Davids 21. is not. 21. Moreover, the
population of 22. London is much 23. larger than 24. the population of 25. St Davids.
8,787,892 people 26. live in London, whereas 27. St Davids has only 1,841 people. 28.
Furthermore, St Davids, is 29. much wetter than London with 886mm of 30. rain per year,
31. while London has 583mm. 32. Finally, they both have 33. different main shopping
items. London 34. has luxury items, designer goods 35. and speciality food 36. but St Davids
37. has food and household goods. 38. However, both cities sell 39. souvenirs.
On the other hand, 40. there are three similarities. They are 41. both in the UK, and
the climate in 42. the two cities 43. is temperate maritime. 44. Lastly, the majority religion
is the 45. same too. 46. It is Christianity.